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Old 6th Mar 2014, 10:07
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Johnm
 
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Sorry, but for me an aeroplane is a car with wings to go places.

I fly most trips airways with autopilot on and will fly a coupled approach to minima in the clag then either go around and divert or switch off the autopilot and land, sometimes in stonking cross winds.

Flying the RNAV LPV to 600 AMSL (300ft AGL) at Alderney with 20 to 30kt cross wind is not unusual.

My aeroplane is designed with benign handling, spins are not permitted and if stalled it just flies like a brick with VSI needle on the stop wings level.

I have tried aerobatics once and hated it like poison and if I'd had to do spinning in my training I wouldn't now be a pilot.
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